Submissions Received
A call for submissions on a draft Code of Conduct for persons carrying on lobbying activities issued in July 2018. The following submissions were received:
Minister Michael Ring - Department of Rural and Community Development
Mr Martin Kroger - Joint Transparency Register Secretariat
Mr Robert Watt - Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
Minister Simon Coveney and Mr Niall Burgess - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Mr John McCarthy - Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government
Mr Brian Cotter - American Chamber of Commerce Ireland
National Federation of Retail Newsagents
Ms Helen Howes - County Wicklow PPN
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties
Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada
Mr David Hall - Irish Mortgage Holders Association
High Authority for Transparency in Public Life
Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
Joint Transparency Register Secretariat
Irish South and West fishermen’s Producer Organisation
The Public Relations Consultants Association (PRCA)
Banking and Payments Federation Ireland
Mr Eunan McKinney - Alcohol Action Ireland
Mr John Devitt - Transparency International Ireland
The Public Relations Institute of Ireland (PRII)
Disability Federation of Ireland
Ervia (including Gas Networks Ireland and Irish Water)
Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation Ltd (KFO)
Ms Siobhan Masterson - IBEC (amended)
Mr John McKeon - Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Mr Paul O'Brien - Department of Health
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA)